Autonomous People-Moving Bots Coming to Rome

French robotics company, robosoft, has unveiled a new
prototype of their fully autonomous passenger transportation system
called robuRIDE.
The robuRIDE prototype was demonstrated at a recent technical meeting
on autonomous transportation. The robuRIDE looks surprisingly low-tech,
something like a big white box made out of surplus mobile home parts
sitting on a large flatbed dolly. But while it may not score high marks
for industrial design, it's already proven itself as an autonomous
people-mover. A
previous version of the robuRIDE is already in service at Vulcania Park
and Simserhof Fort in France. The new prototype can move more than twice
as with a top speed of 25 km/h. If all goes well, you can expect to see
robuRIDEs zipping around the parking lot of the Rome Exhibition Center
in Italy soon. For more see the robosoft
press release (PDF format).